by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 26, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scammers have no sympathy for anyone as evidenced by the many scams that are based on obituaries. For years, scammers would scan the obituaries and then go to Social Security’s Death Master File where the names of deceased Americans are available along with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 15, 2026 | Scam of the day
Zoll Medical Corp. is a medical technology company that provides emergency care solutions including critical care devices. In January of 2023 it suffered a data breach that compromised sensitive information of its customers. following which, as is now often the case...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 12, 2026 | Scam of the day
DentaQuest, the second largest dental insurance company in the country suffered a data breach in May that was only confirmed in July when the company sent notices to the 15 million of its customers affected by the data breach which appears to have been done by the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 8, 2026 | Scam of the day
I initially reported to you in 2014 that the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was hacked by Chinese hackers who stole personal information of what was initially thought to be the personal information of about four million present and former federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
Although I have been writing about synthetic identity theft for many years, many people are not familiar with the term “synthetic Identity theft.” Synthetic identity theft poses a significant threat to many people particularly children. Synthetic...
